Hello there! Since I realized how I enjoyed seeing other artists' studios and work spaces, I decided to share a photo from my studio every Wednesday from now on. (It happened to be on a Thursday this time, sorry for that. But I'm on time on instagram ^_^) I find it very inspiring to see how they choose to organize their spaces, the tools they're using, what they're working on and how they're working on it, etc. Also, I haven't shared any photos of my workspace since I moved to my new studio and I thought this would be the best motivation for me to keep the studio clean / organized and this blog alive. I hope you'll enjoy it too!

I wanted to start with the doll section of my studio, which I've been trying to clean and organize for the last two weeks.
On the top right shelf, in the boxes there are props and puppets from my old films as well as miniature/prop making materials. Below on the left are the buttons and strings and some miniature decoration elements (filigrees and such) and on the left are jewelry making stuff. On the bottom shelf, sits my oven next to the sewing materials like zippers and beads. In the tiny drawers on the table, I've got all kinds of itty bitty doll making stuff like eyes, buttons, jewelry, eyelets, trims, ribbons, threads... I might even share insides of the shelf-lings on the following weeks.
I will talk about the rest of the table with a photo where it's more visible :)

I finally finished the little match girl doll. The main material is polymer clay, blushed with pastels. Her dress is vintage silk, hand painted with fabric dyes, cocoa, cinnamon and tea. More photos after the break. Enjoy!

p.s. She's now in Art cz Gallery in Prague, in case you'd like to see her in person.

As promised, here she is: Maggie the little steampunk girl. She's a 11cm mini doll with button joints on her shoulders and hips, but I used watch bits instead of buttons. The whole costume was super fun to make and it was my first attempt on steampunk. I think there will be more steampunk dolls in the near future :)
She's waiting to be adopted: https://www.etsy.com/listing/172647588/maggie-ooak-steampunk-posable-art-doll

Well, hello there. I'll be accepting three couples of custom mini-dolls (a.k.a. puppetlings) for €150 instead of the regular €200. The offer is limited with three couples. I will only be taking orders for valentine's day by the end of January. For orders ozlem@ozlemakin.comThanks for stopping by. Coming up next: A little steampunk girl.

Yep. I said it. Steampunk Ottoman!
First of all, you need to forgive the crappy illustration. It's been a while since I did some drawing, and not having even a mouse (let alone a tablet) didn't help with the colouring either. Anyway. I skipped most of the accessories/steampunk details in the drawing but apart from that, this is what I have in mind more or less.

I'm planning to make a steampunk version of harem headpieces (like the ones you can see in the collage, bottom row, third and fifth image) with gears, chains and stuff. For the jewelry, I think I'm gonna try to make a miniature version of a resin covered steampunk jewelry (image numbered 3) with harem style (the image just above the pendant)

The jacket will be a mesh-up of the image numbered 4 and the yellow one in the middle of the collage. I'm hoping to be able to make that hand thingie as well, but we'll see how it goes. And for the corset, I'm thinking about something like image 6.

Now, the real issue. Although I've gathered so many bits
and pieces of fabrics and trims and other weeny materials over the
years, I've never really tried my hand at neither steampunk nor ottoman
style before. And I'm not sure if I actually have all the things I would
need to finish this project.
Soooo, any kind of donation (fabric,
scraps, trims, beads, old watches, watch pieces, chains... anything you
think that might fit the style, really) will be very much welcomed and
appreciated. And I'd like to send postcards with the lady to my donators
once she's finished and photographed :)

Oh, also, any kind of advice is also as welcomed and appreciated :)
For
those of you who really would like to help out but don't really have
any materials lying around, you can still help out via paypal.

references: 1: http://thesteamerstrunk.blogspot.cz/2010_09_01_archive.html2: http://digital-art-gallery.com/picture/22213: http://mjornaments.blogspot.cz/2011/10/steampunk-glitterfest.html4: http://www.freewebs.com/dragonflydesignsbyalisa/ottomansteampunk.htm5: http://www.deviantart.com/morelikethis/artists/148641739?view_mode=26: https://www.etsy.com/listing/93118820/22-waist-steampunk-underbust-explorer?ref=shop_home_active7: http://www.directiques.com/InvDetail.asp?id=1007&doFrame=1images I used for the headpiece reference are from the Turkish tv series "muhtesem yuzyil"(I couldn't find the original source for the images which are not numbered. Let me know if you know the source)